Metamorphosis: The whole school witnesses a rat transform into a human
The lights in the basement went out the moment the barrier activated. Xiaodou, glimpsing the golden light from the throne, saw the dean and security rushing in, brandishing a mousetrap inscribed with Heavenly Dao runes. He instinctively stepped back, only to run into Bai Shenyuan's arms. He then realized that Bai Shenyuan was trembling slightly, and the crack in his chest was even deeper than before.
"Concept Rat, surrender!" the Dean sneered. "Your fur will make me my new guardian, and your blood..."
"Shut up!" Xiaodou roared, feeling a surge of power within him. He waved his hand, and the suspended gold coin shield suddenly shone with golden light, melting the mousetrap into scrap metal. The entire school, following the director, exclaimed in surprise—the Lucky Rat, previously in Bai Shenyuan's pocket, had transformed into a young boy with mouse ears, half a familiar piece of osmanthus cake peeking out of his school uniform pocket.
"That's Xiaodou?!" the girls in the front row screamed, "He's actually the school hunk's cousin?!"
"No," the gym teacher pointed at Xiaodou's mouse ears, "his ears can move!"
Xiaodou touched the tips of his burning ears and suddenly remembered what Bai Shenyuan had said: "The animal characteristics retained after transformation are the anchor between the concept mouse and the world." He took a deep breath and bowed to the students in the school: "I'm sorry for hiding this from everyone, but I am actually..."
"She's my lover." Bai Shenyuan suddenly spoke, switching to Bai Yan's personality and gently putting his arm around Xiaodou's shoulders. "From the demon world to the interstellar space, we've been in love for three thousand years."
The dean's face paled and blue, and he suddenly pressed the button on his cuff, and an electric fence descended from the basement ceiling. "I don't care how long you've been in love, Concept Rat must die today!"
The mechanical cat suddenly popped up a holographic screen: "The core of the barrier is under the cherry tree in the playground. Just destroy it..."
Before he could finish his words, the Dream-Eating Tapir's tentacles had already penetrated the ground, sweeping away Xiaodou's hamster nest. Bai Shenyuan's pupils suddenly shrank—inside the nest was a sweet-scented osmanthus cake ring he had crafted using the power of his three souls, a token of their love.
"Oh no!" Lin Shen's personality came online, pushing up his glasses and analyzing, "The Dream-Eating Tapir will devour the emotional energy in the ring and strengthen itself!"
Xiaodou tried to chase after him, but was grabbed by Bai Shenyuan. He then realized that Bai Shenyuan's lips had lost their color, and cracks spread from his chest to his neck. "Your body..."
"Don't worry about me," Ling Yuan said coldly, pulling out his gun. "Destroy the barrier first!"
Bai Yan's personality shook his head, and he gathered fox fire on his fingertips, drawing a teleportation array on Xiaodou's palm: "Use my life energy as a guide, and you can instantly move to the cherry tree."
"No!" Xiaodou struggled. "Sharing your life means you will..."
"There's no time!" Bai Shenyuan switched to a mixed voice among his three personalities. "Remember what I said in the Demon Realm chapter? 'I swear in the name of the guardian to protect you for eternity.'"
Xiaodou gritted his teeth and nodded, then turned and shouted to the whole school, "Anyone willing to help me, throw the coins into the electric fence!"
As soon as he finished speaking, countless fuzzy gold coins—those precious little "small bean coins" the students had collected—pelted the electric net. The Heaven-Swallowing Marks on the coins resonated with the totem, forming a golden barrier that repelled the electric net.
"It turns out that everyone has always believed in me..." Xiaodou's eyes were hot.
The dean was furious: "Are you crazy? Concept rats are a disaster!"
"No way!" the poor student who had bought lunch roared, "Xiaodou's gold coins let me eat meat!"
"He also bought medicine for my grandma!" The girl in the back row held up the empty medicine bottle.
Snowball suddenly jumped onto the podium and wiped Xiaodou's mouse ears with a wet wipe: "I'm the one protecting the hair-shedding monster. Do you dare to touch him?"
The roar of the dream-eating tapir grew closer, and Xiaodou finally found the barrier's core beneath the cherry tree—a coin engraved with the Heavenly Dao rune, identical to the gold coin in the dean's pocket. He opened his mouth to gnaw at the core, but at that moment, Bai Shenyuan's voice echoed in his heart: "I'm sorry, I can't stay with you until the end..."
Xiaodou turned his head and saw that Bai Shenyuan's body was turning into a point of light. The ring fragments fell from his palm and fell to the ground and turned into powder.
"White Abyss!" Xiaodou pounced forward, but only caught a piece of osmanthus made of fox fire.
The Dean took the opportunity to raise the mousetrap. The runes on the trap flashed with a cold light. "Goodbye, Concept Mouse."
At the critical moment, the mechanical cat suddenly crashed into the director, and the sparks from the chip ignited the cherry tree. Xiaodou felt the power in his body surge, and his mouse ears suddenly disappeared, completely transforming into a human form, and the teardrop mole at the corner of his eye turned a dazzling gold.
The trails of falling cherry blossoms formed the Sky-Swallowing Pattern of the demon world. Xiaodou stood up, his voice carrying the pressure of the Concept Rat King: "If the way of heaven is unfair, then let me rewrite the rules."
At his feet, the light spots of Bai Shenyuan gathered into a new ring, and the shadows of three souls emerged in the ring: Bai Yan smiled and waved, Lin Shen raised his thumb, and Ling Yuan had a cold face but tears in his eyes.
The mechanical cat's voice was filled with tears: "Xiaodou, your transformation proves that the concept rat tribe has awakened, but Bai Shenyuan..."
"He won't disappear." Xiaodou gripped the ring tightly. "The three soul fragments are still in my soul. Now, it's time to let the Heavenly Dao see what a true bond is."
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